A review of of the book "His Bright Light" which is about the tragic life of Nick Traina, written by his Mother, the author Danielle Steel.

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Book Review: His Bright Light by Danielle Steel

Dear Russian language students and teachers!

Here is another 1-minute audio for your better understanding of a common situation as doing grocery shopping in a supermarket. It comes in handy when you are in a Russian supermarket where staff usually don't speak English or any other foreign language.

Good luck!

Elena.

1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как покупать продукты в супермаркете_How to do a grocery shopping in a supermarket

Today we have two idioms that both mean the same thing. They mean to ignore someone while they're doing something wrong, or maybe just to pretend not to notice. They are to "turn a blind eye" and to "look the other way". I hope you enjoy today's short episode!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

If you listen to this, please look the other way

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

日本に旅行(りょこう)にきて、
みなさんは何(なに)をかいますか？
何がほしいですか？

おはしやおさら
てぬぐい、ですか？

それとも、日本のおかしや、お茶ですか？

私が、日本語を勉強(べんきょう)
している人に、
おすすめしたいのは、ノートです。

そう、ノートです！！

日本には、ふつうのノートではなく、
ひらがなや漢字(かんじ)を書くことができるノートがあります。

たとえば、漢字。(かんじ)

日本では漢字は小学校から、勉強をはじめます。
かんたんな漢字から、勉強します。

ノートにうすい文字(もじ)で、
漢字が書(か)いてあります。
それを上から、なぞって書くことができます。
そんなノートが売っています。

ひらがなやカタカナのノートもあります。

本屋(ほんや)さんや、
文房具(ぶんぼうぐ)のお店で、
買うことができます。

なんと、ダイソーにも売っていますよ！

あなたは、日本で何を買いたいですか？

よければ、おしえてくださいね。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また明日。

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Today's Keywords

□買います(かいます)
buy

□なぞる→なぞって
trace

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

24. 日本で買ってほしい！おみやげは？What do you want to buy in Japan?/Travel Tips/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

People who travel a lot will know the feeling — you've just landed in a country on the other side of the world, ready to explore and see the sights, but you're too tired to do anything!

Jet lag is usually linked with travel and changing time zones. But a new study has found that even small changes to our daily schedules can change our sleeping patterns.

And it's not just sleep that gets affected by a disrupted schedule — our bodies work differently when our daily patterns change.

The study, published in iScience, looked at how our bodies respond to a five-hour time change — similar to the kind of jet lag you'd feel after traveling from New York to London, for example.

It looked at people's circadian rhythm — our body's natural clock that controls when we sleep, when different hormones are released, and how our bodies use energy.

During the study, scientists observed 14 people in a lab for eight days.

On the first two days, the participants followed their normal daily schedules. But from the third day, the participants' meals, sleep and light exposure were changed to five hours later than normal.

The researchers tested the participants' blood and checked their digestion, energy use, and levels of melatonin — a hormone that helps control sleep by making you feel tired when it gets dark — to see how their bodies reacted to the time change.

The results showed that the five-hour time change made digestion slower, changed blood sugar levels, and affected how the body used fat. The body also burned less energy from food.

These things started to go back to normal after two or three days as the body adjusted to the new schedule.

One of the study's researchers, Jonathan Johnston, told StudyFinds this shows how sticking to a regular schedule can make a big difference to our health.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

How Jet Lag Affects More than Just Your Sleep

En este episodio el protagonista es el cáncer de cuello uterino, también conocido como cáncer cervical. Exploraremos los factores de riesgo, los síntomas, los métodos de diagnóstico y las opciones de tratamiento disponibles para el cáncer de cuello uterino. Además, hablaremos sobre la importancia de la prevención y la vacunación contra el Virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH), una de las principales causas de este tipo de cáncer.

¡Hablemos de salud!

Cáncer de cuello uterino: lo que es importante saber

1  - jedna,
2  - dva, dvě
3  - tři
4  - čtyři
5  - pět
6  - šest
7  - sedm
8  - osm
9  - devět
10 - deset
11 - jedenáct
12 - dvanáct
13 - třináct
14 - čtrnáct
15 - patnáct
16 - šestnáct
17 - sedmnáct
18 - osmnáct
19 - devatenáct
20 - dvacet
30 - třicet
40 - čtyřicet
50 - padesát
60 - šedesát
70 - sedmdesát
80 - osmdesát
90 - devadesát
100- sto

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“呢” 的对话 （Dialogue with "ne" in Chinese)
Today we will talk about the character “呢“ in Chinese dialogue.
One of uses is about the topic just like the quiz followed.

Quiz - 1
Q: 我吃过饭了，你呢？（Wǒ chī guò fàn le , nǐ ne?)
 A: 我很好，谢谢！ (Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie.)
     我还没吃。 (Wǒ hái méi chī.)                              ✔
     我也喜欢吃。 (Wǒ yě xǐ huān.)
**The topic is about “I have already had meal, what about you?”  So the answer should be 
     related to the topic, and tell the truth.

Quiz - 2
Q: 我是中国人，你呢？（Wǒ shì Zhōngguó rén, nǐ ne?)
A: 是的。 (Shì de.)
   我是加拿大人。 (Wǒ shì Jiā ná dà rén。）          ✔
   我不知道。 （Wǒ bù zhī dào.)
** The topic is about nationality. So the answer should be related to the topic, and tell the truth.

Quiz - 3
Q: 我还不会做中国菜，你呢？（Wǒ hái bú huì zuò Zhōngguó cài, nǐ ne?)
A: 我会做饺子。 (Wǒ huì zuò jiǎozi.)                    ✔
    我不喜欢吃中国菜。 (Wǒ bù xǐhuān chī Zhōngguó cài.)
** The topic is about can cook Chinese dishes or not. So the answer should be related to the topic, and tell the truth. You can tell the specific dish you can cook too.

Quiz - 4
Q: 我有一个四岁的儿子和一个三岁的女儿，你呢？
  （Wǒ yǒu yí gè sì suì de érzi hé yí gè sān suì de nǚér, nǐ ne?
A: 我喜欢女孩。 (Wǒ xǐhuān nǚ hái.)
    我只有一个儿子，他已经十二岁了。(Wǒ zhǐ yǒu yí gè érzi, tā yǐjīng shí èr suì le.)   ✔
** The topic is about how many kids you have in your family and the ages. You should answer according to this topic.

Quiz - 5
Q: 我觉得看中文电视可以帮助学习汉语，你呢？ 
  （Wǒ jué de kàn zhōng wén diànshì kěyǐ bāngzhù xuéxi Hànyǔ, nǐ ne?)
A: 我也这样想。（Wǒ yě zhè yàng xiǎng。）           ✔
    中文很难。 (Zhōng wén hěn nán.)
**The topic is asking your opinion about watching TV in Chinese can help learning Chinese? You should feed back your opinion on it. 


   








Correction notebook   错题本 (Mandarin)

“呢” 的对话 （Dialogue with "ne" in Chinese)

In this episode, my story of how I learnt to speak English from zero and my current challenge to learn Spanish in Costa Rica is shared. I also answer questions from students as following. 
1. did you learn English just for yourself or for my future career?
2. You have moved to other country just to learn Spanish now but how did that happen? Do you have strong passion for it and do you have plans to use Spanish for future? 

The answers to those are covered. So please enjoy ;)